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Yasmina Khadra

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January 10, 1955

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Yasmina Khadra (Arabic: ياسمينة خضراء‎, literally "green jasmine") is the pen name of the Algerian author Mohammed Moulessehoul.
Moulessehoul, an officer in the Algerian army, adopted a woman's pseudonym to avoid military censorship. Despite the publication of many successful novels in Algeria, Moulessehoul only revealed his true identity in 2001 after leaving the army and going into exile and seclusion in France. Anonymity was the only way for him to survive and avoid censorship during the Algerian Civil War.
In 2004, Newsweek acclaimed him as "one of the rare writers capable of giving a meaning to the violence in Algeria today."
His novel The Swallows of Kabul, set in Afghanistan under the Taliban, was shortlisted for the 2006 International ...more

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Average rating: 3.82 · 57,074 ratings · 6,126 reviews · 62 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Attack by Yasmina Khadra, John T. Cullen (Translator) 3.86 avg rating — 13,607 ratings — published 2005 — 100 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Swallows of Kabul by Yasmina Khadra, John Cullen (Translator) 3.69 avg rating — 12,427 ratings — published 2002 — 80 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ce que le jour doit à la nuit 4.23 avg rating — 10,279 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sirens of Baghdad 3.87 avg rating — 3,404 ratings — published 2006 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Khalil by Yasmina Khadra, John Cullen (Translator) 3.87 avg rating — 2,284 ratings — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dictator's Last Night by Yasmina Khadra, Julian Evans (Translator) 3.70 avg rating — 1,521 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Les Vertueux 4.13 avg rating — 1,274 ratings — published 2022 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The African Equation by Yasmina Khadra, Howard Curtis (Translation), Bożena Sęk (Translator) 3.63 avg rating — 1,255 ratings — published 2011 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wolf Dreams by Yasmina Khadra, Linda Black (Translator) 3.79 avg rating — 1,197 ratings — published 1999 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Les anges meurent de nos blessures 3.90 avg rating — 903 ratings — published 2013 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Yasmina Khadra (?)

“Life is a train that stops at no stations; you either jump abroad or stand on the platform and watch as it passes.”
― Yasmina Khadra, Ce que le jour doit à la nuit

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“Celui qui passe à coté de la plus belle histoire de sa vie n'aura que l'âge de ses regrets et tous les soupirs du monde ne sauraient bercer son âme.”
― Yasmina Khadra, Ce que le jour doit à la nuit

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“Music is the true breath of life. We eat so we won't starve to death. We sing so we can hear ourselves live.”
― Yasmina Khadra, Swallows of Kabul

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